Categories, constructions, and change in English syntax / edited by Nuria Yáñez-Bouza, Emma Moore, Linda van Bergen, Willem B. Hollmann ; with the assistance of Ayumi Miura.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Yáñez-Bouza, Nuria, editor.

Moore, Emma, 1976- editor.

Bergen, Linda Van, editor.

Hollmann, Willem B., editor.

Miura, Ayumi, editor.

Series:

Studies in English language.

Studies in English language

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Syntax.

English language.

English language--Grammar, Historical.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 403 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019.

Summary:

A pioneering collection of new research that explores categories, constructions, and change in the syntax of the English language. The volume, with contributions by world-renowned scholars as well as some emerging scholars in the field, covers a wide variety of approaches to grammatical categories and categorial change, constructions and constructional change, and comparative and typological research. Each of the fourteen chapters, based on the analysis of authentic data, highlights the wealth and breadth of the study of English syntax (including morphosyntax), both theoretically and empirically, from Old English through to the present day. The result is a body of research which will add substantially to the current study of the syntax of the English language, by stimulating further research in the field.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Oct 2019).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-108-31803-7

1-108-32175-5

1-108-30357-9